Innovative rear axle, powertrain and chassis come together at
Bradley Falin's race shop. This is the first Duramax V-8 powered Ultra4 to take on the challenges of desert
racing and rock crawlingcompetition. View the HD video for
details!

By nightfall, terrain changes hue. Tired
eyes peer through silt dust and a gathering darkness for the elusive finish line near Fernley,
Nevada...Welcome to the2012 VORRA USA 500
Race!

HD Video Coverage of the 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers Race Event
Week!

Hammertown, February 3rd to
11th—4WD Mechanix Magazine covered the entire 2012 Griffin King of the Hammers event
week and races at Johnson Valley. HD video from Hammertown
and the desert races is now available! Coverage includes the inaugural 2012 Every
Man's Challenge, racer profile interviews and the latest technology...

Interviews with Shannon
Campbell, the Team Robby Bobby and
Brad
Falin round out a week of extensive off-road racing action. Hammertown became a "city" by
race day, and 4WD Mechanix Magazine was there to capture the HD video
action!

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Griffin Radiator Continues Title Sponsorship of Griffin King of
the Hammers Race!

(Piedmont,
SC)—Griffin Radiator returned to the Johnson Valley lakebed as sponsor of the 6th Annual Griffin King of the
Hammers Race. The 2012 event took place on February 10th and attracted many well-known competitors and
sponsors—including multi-race winner Shannon Campbell, this year's winner Erik Miller, Robby Gordon and other
notables!

“Griffin
King of the Hammers is truly a one-of-a-kind race,” says company VP Tom Beebe, “What better way to test and market
our products than to have an off-road race in one of the world's toughest, most demanding
environments!”

Griffin
King of the Hammers, founded by Dave Cole and the 'OG 13' (Original 13) as a small competition for bragging rights,
focuses on the "Hammer Trails" of Johnson Valley, California. Through the support of Griffin Radiator and several
co-sponsors, the event has grown to a week-long spectacle of racing, a vender show, and off-roading for the entire
family. An inaugural Everyman's Challenge, UTV race and first-time moto competition added to this year's
features.

Griffin
King of the Hammers (KOH) now boasts 150-plus competitors, more than 20,000 on-site spectators, live online video
streaming plus national television coverage.

“The race
will once again start at Means Dry Lakebed in Johnson Valley, California,” Beebe notes. “We're proud to continue
our support of such a great tradition.”

Brad Falin's race team tackledthe '2012 King of the Hammers'
Ultra4 Race with a fresh approach. Based at Fernley, Nevada, the team brought desert racing, rock crawling
and off-road racing technology to the next level—running a Duramax diesel V-8 in the new #457 Ultra4
buggy!

After years of work with Rod Hall's Baja racing program and success with his own VORRA
championship car, Brad Falin values Humvee stamina. A master diesel tech and heavy equipment specialist,
Falin has broken ground with his latest creation, an innovative 116" wheelbase, diesel-powered 4WD
buggy.

Falin qualified for the '2012 King of
the Hammers Race' at Glen Helen in October. He wheeled with navigator Miles Kelley at the 2012 Griffin King of the
Hammers.

Brad Falin's desert racing prowess met the rock crawling challenges at KOH. The car made
a respectable, first time out effort. Despite a technical DNF, the diesel-powered Ultra4 Class race
buggy met all expectations. Bradley's Race Works looks forward to the fast paced schedule
ahead!

The new Ultra4 car, under construction at Fernley, Nevada, neared its finished form (seen here)
in early January. By February 3rd, the team headed south to Johnson Valley and a week of final preparation,
extreme desert racing and rock crawling challenges.

Falin's extensive experience with
Hummer-based Baja race cars is evident at every angle of the chassis and powertrain layout. See the fabricated
suspension (below) with Hummer reduction units.

Humvee orientation is inboard brakes, which provide stopping
power at the front end. Wilwood components bolster the braking.

The 2012 'Griffin King of the Hammers' week promised plenty of
competition at Johnson Valley, CA. Moses Ludel covered the action—close-up in HD video, often accessed with the
venerable XR350R!

Our
schedule:

1) Drive south from
Fernley, Nevada, set up camp on February 3rd, late
afternoon.

2) Action coverage
began with the new 'Everyman's Challenge' on Sunday, February 5th. This was the 'grass roots'
race!

3)
Continued coverage through the week with the Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQ) and interviews with racers and
sponsors from the racing community.

4) February
10th—all-out action and coverage as the 2012 'Griffin King of the Hammers Race' took place on
Friday.

5) Late
Friday—packed up the toy hauler, headed north and prepped for a hefty round of video editing and
uploading!

In addition to HD video coverage, we gathered with many of our racing
friends, met the magazine's fans and supported our advertisers. There were scores of aftermarket manufacturers and
vendors present!

The 'KOH' week was highly productive. See the wide range of HD video and photo coverage
from the
event!

For more details on the 2012 'Griffin King of the Hammers'
race results, visit the Ultra4 Racing website at:

Announcement:December 19th,
2011—MasterPull will partner with Team 4405 for the 2012
King of the Hammers competition. The 'Master-Pull 4405 Team' will
compete to support “Race for Access”.

Master-Pull, a leader in synthetic ropes and recovery equipment, has partnered with
Travis Carpenter’s
'4405 Land-Use Team' for the 2012 King of the Hammers. The 2012 King of the Hammers will be
the third running of the race for Travis Carpenter. Carpenter qualified during the 2011 Ultra4
series.

The team’s mission is “racing for access”. The
MasterPull partnership will include the “4405 Master-Pull Race-A-Thon”, which will once again be held by the team
at the King of the Hammers race. In 2012, the 4405 Master-Pull Race-A-Thon will focus on saving Johnson Valley and
the Hammers trail system.

According to driver Travis Carpenter, “I am very excited
to be racing under the Master-Pull banner. This is not a just sponsorship where we will only be running Master-Pull
stickers on the 4405, this is a true partnership. We will actually be working with Master-Pull to help insure that
public lands remain open to the public. In addition to the 4405 Master-Pull Race-A-Thon, we also have another
combined project that will be unveiled by the end of the year.”

Alex Riedo of Master-Pull adds, “In that the proper use
of recovery equipment on the trail is essential in minimizing resource damage, the partnership with Travis
Carpenter’s 4405 Land-Use Team is a fitting match for Master-Pull. Responsible off-roading is more than just
picking up trash on public lands. Reducing your impact on a trail by winching out instead of throttling out can
help keep trails open and reduce the maintenance costs by public land managers.”

Master-Pull develops and supplies recovery equipment for use
in a wide range of applications, from recreational off-road to heavy duty military and industrial use. These
products include synthetic winch lines, kinetic tow ropes and recovery kits.

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Campbell Enterprises Builds the
Dynomax Prolite Truck!

December 9,
2011—Campbell Enterprises
has been busily constructing the 'Prolite' truck at the Campbell Enterprises
shop...

Shannon Campbell started this project November 14th, targeting
completion for the last LOORRS race Dec. 10th-11th. Tammy Campbell has been posting pictures
of the project's progress at the "Campbell Racing" Facebook Wall—click
here!

Tammy Campbell adds, "The 2012 season is
going to be an exciting one with short course action in the Dynomax Prolite and plenty of rocksports action
from the Monster Energy Team as they travel from the East Coast to the West Coast for the 'Ultra4' series. In
June, Shannon and his Monster Energy crew will travel to Hollister, CA for the 20 year reunion of the
'Four-Wheeler Magazine Top Truck Challenge'. Shannon won the TTC in 1996.
Enjoy!"

December 18,
2011, Sparks, NV—Valley Off Road Racing Association (VORRA) announced a
revised 2012 race schedule, following input and voting at the Association's December 10th member
meeting.

The signature USA 500 desert race has
been moved back to July 2012, and members voted to continue with two double-header short course weekends at Prairie
City, following the success of this year’s season finale.

VORRA also announced, following a vote
by the membership, that head and neck restraint systems will be mandatory for all race classes in
2013:

“We’d initially moved the USA 500 to earlier in the year, but following discussions with our
casino partners and the Bureau of Land Management, the original July race date worked out best for everyone,” said
VORRA Race Director Wes Harbor. “We’ll be making more announcements on the 500 in the coming months, but racers can
put it on their 2012 calendars for July 13-15.”

Teams attending VORRA’s
annual rules meeting and awards banquet in South Lake Tahoe also endorsed proposals to consolidate short course
racing into two double headers in April and October and to shift the date of the night race to later in September
to free up Labor Day weekend for teams to spend with their families.

"Our first short course
double-header earlier this year at Prairie City was a big hit with racers and fans,” Harbor said. “It’s also a
recognition that everyone’s racing on tight budgets, and consolidating the short course weekends reduces the amount
of vacation time and fuel costs that teams factor into their racing seasons.”

New VORRA 2012 Race
Schedule:

April
13-15—Short Course Double Header,Prairie City, CA

May
26-28—Yerington 300 Desert Race, Yerington, NV

July 13-15—USA
500 Desert Race, Reno/Sparks, NV

Sept. 8-9—Night
Vision 250 Desert Race, Fallon, NV

Oct. 26-28—Short
Course Double Header, Prairie City, CA

Following a lengthy debate on the
inherent dangers of off road racing and their desire for personal choice in using different types of safety gear,
VORRA racers voted by a large margin to mandate head and neck restraint systems beginning in 2013. The requirement
will be for SFI 38.1 certified systems.

“After multiple severe
back injuries in 2011, we had to reduce the chance of injury whenever possible,” Harbor said. “Commonly known
as HANS devices, many professional racing organizations worldwide require them in the wake of well documented
deceleration injuries and deaths. It’s only a matter of time until they became mandatory in the off-road
racing world. We also recognize the expense of investing in this type of safety equipment and elected to extend the
deadline for them to 2013 to give teams time to transition.”

VORRA has begun
contacting equipment distributors to negotiate discounts for racers in advance of 2013. One retailer has
already agreed to offer a rebate program to VORRA, and VORRA has pledged $25 donations to Fast-Aid for every 2012
purchase from that retailer.

“I’m also going to offer
entry fee discounts to racers who purchase any approved device in 2012,” Harbor said. “Our focus on fun,
competitive and safe racing will live on.”

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